Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mocking \Mock"ing\, a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
{Mocking bird} (Zo["o]l.), a North American singing bird
({Mimus polyglottos}), remarkable for its exact imitations
of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail
and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing;
the outer tail feathers are partly white. The name is also
applied to other species of the same genus, found in
Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
{Mocking thrush} (Zo["o]l.), any species of the genus
{Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({H. rufus}).
{Mocking wren} (Zo["o]l.), any American wren of the genus
{Thryothorus}, esp. {T. Ludovicianus}.
Source : WordNet®
mocking thrush
n : thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
[syn: {thrasher}]